List: Shinto
Words and expressions used in Shinto, an ethnic religion of the people of Japan.
Shinto noun noun (generic)
- object representative of a divine spirit, object to which a spirit is drawn or summoned, object or animal occupied by a kami
Shinto noun noun (generic)
- great purification, purification rite performed twice a year, before daijลsai and after major disasters
Shinto noun noun (generic)
- ritual purification, cleansing of crimes, impurities, etc.
search-only kanji form honorific language Shinto noun noun (generic) polite language jocular, humorous term slang
- Inari (god of harvests, wealth, fertility, etc.)
- Inari shrine
- inarizushi (sushi wrapped in fried tofu)
- scrotum, testicle sack
Shinto noun noun (generic)
- votive objects for a home shrine, ritual article
Shinto noun noun (generic)
- ritual performance (usually around New Year) to pray for a successful rice harvest in the coming year
Shinto noun noun (generic)
- the Twenty-Two Shrines, the 22 most important Shinto shrines, as designated during the Heian period
Shinto noun noun (generic)
- staff with plaited paper streamers
Shinto noun noun (generic)
- dwelling place of a deity (usu. in reference to a large rock)
Shinto noun noun (generic)
- death